A $78 million Texas lottery jackpot was claimed by a trust just six days before the winning ticket was set to expire.

A Lotto Texas ticket sold at a 7‑Eleven in North Texas has won a $41 million jackpot, the game's largest prize in more than a year. The winner, who has not yet come forward, chose the cash option and will receive an estimated $22.5 million before taxes.

A San Antonio resident claimed a top prize-winning ticket worth $1 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game 200X The Cash. The ticket was purchased at Times Market, located at 1910 S. Hackberry St., in San Antonio. The claimant elected to remain anonymous. This was the second of four top prizes worth $1 million to be claimed in this game.

The deadline to claim a Texas lottery jackpot worth $78 million is only a month away, state lottery officials said. According to an April 9 release from the Texas Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at Gordon’s Bait & Tackle in Brownsville, Texas, and ...

They plan to use the winnings to help their children and grandchildren, plus travel the world, Lottery officials said.

The winning ticket was sold at a Central Texas convenience store.

Two-year Houston Chronicle investigation revealed how the executive and agency tasked with overseeing the game helped gamblers engineer a guaranteed win.

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